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Patented Nov. 24, 1891;

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ 'IVEBER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE J. KOBUSCH,OF SAME PLACE.

VICAR-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,738, dated November24, 1891. Application filed January 31, 1891. Serial No. 379,309. Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORITZ WEBER, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inOar-Trucks, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in car-trucks, intendedmore particularly for street-car service; and my invention consists infeatures of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in theclaim.

Figure I is a top or plan View of my improved truck. Fig. II is a sideelevation. Fig. III is an end view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the wheels, and 2 the axles, ofthe truck.

3 represents the main frame, 'upon which the body of the car rests.

4 represents the pedestals, secured, as usual, to the frame 3, and whichreceive the jourrial-boxes 5.

6 represents a frame the side pieces of which rest upon the journal-boxes, and to prevent movement of this frame the boxes areprovided with projections 7, entering recesses in the sides of theframe, as shown in Fig. II.

8 represents a guard-frame secured to the lower ends of the pedestals,and it will be readily seen that'by removing the bolts which connect theguard-frame to the pedestals the car-bod y with the frame 3 can beremoved from the truck "and from the frame 6.

9 represents leaf-springs placed between the frames 3 and 6, either atboth or at one end of the car,and 10 representscoil-springs, which Iprefer to place between the frames 3 and'6 in addition to the use of thespring 9. The springs 10 would be placed between the frames outsideof'the trucks, andfin addition to affording a support for the car-bodythey prevent the rocking action of the body.

I claim as my invention- In a car-truck, the combination of the frames 3and 6, pedestals 4, boxes 5, having projections 7 fitting in notches ofthe frame 6, and leaf-springs 9, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

MORITZ IVEBER In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, J. M. MARo'r.

